Man fatally shot by ICE officer during traffic stop in Houston

ICE officers were trying to arrest Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who the Department of Homeland Security said isn’t authorized to be in the country.

An ICE officer fatally shot a Mexican national Tuesday morning in Houston during an attempted traffic stop to conduct an immigration arrest, the Department of Homeland Security said.

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The agency said in a statement that ICE officers were trying to arrest Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who it said is not authorized to be in the country, about 6:50 a.m.

DHS accused the man of trying to evade arrest.